119. Petitions to Central Government or Director-General against findings and sentences.—Any
person subject to this Act who considers himself aggrieved by a finding or sentence of any Coast Guard
Court may present a petition to the Central Government or to the Director-General, and the Central
Government or the Director-General, as the case may be, may pass such orders thereon as it or he may
think fit.
120. Powers of Central Government and Director-General in respect of findings and
sentences.—(1) Where any person is tried under the provisions of this Act, the Central Government or
the Director-General may, in the case of a conviction,—
(a) set aside the finding and sentence and acquit or discharge the accused or order him to be
re-tried; or
(b) alter the finding without modifying the sentence if such sentence may be legally passed on the
altered finding; or
(c) with or without altering the finding, reduce the sentence or commute the punishment awarded
for any punishment inferior in scale; or
(d) either with or without conditions, pardon the person or remit the whole or any part of the
punishment awarded; or
(e) with or without conditions release the person on parole:
Provided that a sentence of imprisonment shall not be commuted for a sentence of detention for a
term exceeding the term of imprisonment awarded:
Provided further that nothing in this sub-section shall authorise the Central Government or the
Director-General to enhance the sentence.
(2) Any sentence modified under the provisions of sub-section (1) shall be carried into execution as if
it had been originally passed.
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(3) If any condition on which a person has been pardoned or has been released on parole or a
punishment has been remitted is in the opinion of the authority which granted the pardon, release or
remission not fulfilled, such authority may cancel the pardon or release or remission and thereupon the
sentence awarded shall be carried into effect as if such pardon, release or remission had not been granted:
Provided that in the case of a person sentenced to imprisonment or detention, such person shall
undergo only the unexpired portion of the sentence.